Regulator expected to reduce gas and electricity prices soonDOMESTIC GAS and electricity prices are expected to fall within months after a review of tariffs and increased competition in…Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
Concern over proposed merger of FSAICONCERN HAS been expressed that the proposed merger of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) with two other bodies will…Mon Feb 09 2009 - 00:00
Consumer watchdog fails to meet despite financial crisisIRISH BANKS have lost 90 per cent of their value and the Financial Regulator has seen its chief executive retire early, yet the…Mon Feb 09 2009 - 00:00
Axing of marine centre 'baffling'PLANS TO develop a national marine conservation centre in north Co Dublin have been axed, despite the fact that Fingal County…Mon Feb 09 2009 - 00:00
EU refuses to intervene on price differencesTHE EUROPEAN Commission has said it will not intervene to stop international retailers charging more for goods in Ireland than…Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Large retailers 'should be made disclose margins'LARGE RETAILERS should be legally compelled to disclose the margins in their Irish operations so that consumers can judge whether…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
An unrivalled exercise in everyone passing the buckANALYSIS: Retailers’ explanations on price differences do not hold water, says consumer agency chiefThu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
IFA says farmers get as little as one-fifth of retail pricesFARMERS RECEIVE as little as one-fifth of the retail price paid by consumers for staple produce, the Irish Farmers’ Association…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Ordinary retailers 'on verge of collapse'ORDINARY RETAILERS are on the verge of collapse, with the loss of 40,000 jobs in the sector predicted in the first quarter of…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Home entertaining not vulnerable to recession, survey findsENTERTAINING AT home and shopping for basic food items are holding their own as consumers retrench in response to the economic…Tue Feb 03 2009 - 00:00
Coughlan's retail price-control suggestion criticisedGROUPS REPRESENTING retailers and consumers have criticised suggestions that price controls might be reintroduced to stop over…Tue Feb 03 2009 - 00:00
Less than 0.5% of traffic to State websites through IrishA MINUSCULE proportion of the population is transacting internet business with the State through Irish, according to a survey…Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
Broadband boost for 600,000 homesOVER 600,000 homes will be able to avail of broadband and telephone services through their television cable service by the end…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
FG proposes measures to improve shoppers' rightsFine Gael has unveiled a consumer package which it claims will reduce the cost of living and strengthen shoppers’ rightsWed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
All roads lead to Newry as consumers shop aroundBRITISH RETAIL giants Sainsburys and Asda captured a 2Wed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
Shoppers in South pay 51% more for non-grocery goodsIRISH CONSUMERS are paying a mark-up of 51 per cent on goods such as clothing, houseware and electrical goods compared to UK …Wed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
TDs to see effects of cross-Border exodusNINE MEMBERS of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment are due to visit Dundalk today to see the …Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
Pharmacists 'save State' €460m by keeping people out of AECOMMUNITY PHARMACISTS save the Exchequer €460 million a year by keeping customers out of doctors’ surgeries and AE wards, a new…Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
Financial regulator is paying two chief executive salariesTHE FINANCIAL Regulator has been paying two chief executive’s salaries of €260,000 a year since Patrick Neary announced his resignation…Mon Jan 26 2009 - 00:00
Ecology centre loses €1m in fundingONE OF the State’s pioneering green projects has suffered a major financial setback with the withdrawal of its main sponsor…Mon Jan 26 2009 - 00:00
Adoption Bill enforces Hague ConventionTHE GOVERNMENT says newly published adoption legislation will provide uniform standards of child protection for the approximately…Sat Jan 24 2009 - 00:00
Representative groups welcome new legislationGROUPS REPRESENTING adopted people, adoptive parents and children broadly welcomed the Adoption Bill.Sat Jan 24 2009 - 00:00
Government adopts inter-country adoption standardsNew legislation providing for uniform standards of child protection for all inter-country adoptions has been published by the…Fri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
Irish E.coli cases far exceed EU averageIRELAND HAS one of the highest rates of disease-causing E.coli cases in Europe, according to a new report.Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
Call for swifter action on contaminated waterTHE CONSUMERS’ Association of Ireland (CAI) and Fine Gael have called for new procedures to ensure that consumers are informed…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
Chief of food authority to step downTHE CHIEF executive of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), Dr John O’Brien, is to step down from the post this summer…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
Ireland ranks fourth in Europe for cancer casesIRELAND RANKS second in Europe for the number of cancer cases and deaths from the disease, according to a new report.Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Financial services watchdog criticises Anglo bank's cultureTHE FINANCIAL Services Ombudsman (FSO) has strongly attacked the culture in some Irish banks, and in particular Anglo Irish Bank…Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
Complaints against financial institutions on the riseComplaints by consumers about financial institutions grew by over one-third last year, according to the Financial Services Ombudsman…Thu Jan 15 2009 - 00:00
MEP wants prices to be investigatedA FIANNA Fáil MEP has called on the European Commission to investigate large international retailers which fail to pass on price…Wed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
DPP says no 'quick fixes' to gangland crimeTHERE ARE no legal “quick fixes” to the problem of gangland crime in Ireland, according to the Director of Public Prosecutions…Tue Jan 13 2009 - 00:00
MEP seeks investigation into exchange rate pricingA Fianna Fáil MEP has called on the EU Commission to investigate large international retailers which fail to pass on price reductions…Tue Jan 13 2009 - 00:00
Online clearance for US travel needed from todayIRISH PEOPLE travelling to the US from today need to obtain online travel authorisation before they leave.Mon Jan 12 2009 - 00:00
Aircraft makes emergency landing at ShannonMORE THAN 150 passengers are due to fly on to Chicago today after their aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Shannon…Mon Jan 12 2009 - 00:00
Falling new car sales do a number on 09 reg platesFOR ANYONE wondering why they still haven’t seen a 09 reg so far this year, the answer is provided in early figures for car sales…Mon Jan 12 2009 - 00:00
Anti-cult protest planned for outside Tony Quinn seminarDIALOGUE IRELAND, an organisation that gathers information on new religious movements, says it plans to protest outside a seminar…Sat Jan 10 2009 - 00:00
Port chairman Burke lodges appeal against High Court restriction orderJOE BURKE, the chairman of Dublin Port Company and close associate of former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, has lodged an appeal against…Sat Jan 10 2009 - 00:00
State admitted 840,000 migrants in 2002-2007ALMOST 840,000 adult migrants came to the Republic to take up employment or access public services over a six-year period to …Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Buoyant new year sales help retailers recover lost groundRETAILERS SAY a lively start to the new year sales has helped them recover some of the ground lost during disappointing pre-Christmas…Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
Collapse in zinc price core of problemTARA MINES'S current difficulties can be traced directly to the fluctuating fortunes of the metals it takes out of the ground…Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
Meeting today in Tara Mines disputeMANAGEMENT AND unions at Tara Mines are expected to meet today over the company's threat to make 670 workers redundant unless…Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
ESB to pay rebates on 100,000 overcharged billsTHE ESB says the payment of rebates to about 100,000 of its customers who were overcharged on estimated bills will be completed…Tue Jan 06 2009 - 00:00
'Healthy' breads not what they seem to beMANY HIGH-FIBRE breads marketed as healthy actually contain refined flour and additives and are high in salt, according to a …Tue Jan 06 2009 - 00:00
FG urges public hearings on energy price risesPUBLIC HEARINGS should be held to give consumers a proper say when regulators meet to decide on gas and electricity price increases…Wed Dec 31 2008 - 00:00
Bed for €1 after a night on the streetIT'S FROSTY on Dublin's O'Connell Street, where over 100 shivering figures are standing in line under a large clockMon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
Proposal to extend Marble Arch parkTHE FAMOUS Marble Arch Cave system is the main feature of an application to world heritage body Unesco for recognition of a cross…Mon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
Retailers report good start to salesRETAILERS SAY the post-Christmas sales have started well as they try to make up for losses incurred during dismal trading before…Mon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
